They might as well send for my crutch; and they should not have it; the stile is a little too high to help them over. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4] Reference
Gwen essayed to follow with equal skill, but the stile was a very steep and awkward one, and she needed both hands to hold the drake. From Wordnik.com. [The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story] Reference
For well they work in stile, Sir. From Wordnik.com. [On the French Navy Being Cover'd with Glory] Reference
If not in stile, in deed a soveraign. From Wordnik.com. [Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight] Reference
Yes, over the stile is your quickest way to the house. ". From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
Close to a stile which is a little off the road, MAY stops. From Wordnik.com. [Six Plays] Reference
Squire Hawkins sat upon the pyramid of large blocks, called the "stile," in front of his house, contemplating the morning. From Wordnik.com. [The Gilded Age A tale of today] Reference
Pig, little, that would not go over the stile, 247. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
As she was coming home the pig would not go over the stile. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
He was about to climb a stile, when another whine was heard. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Resting on the top of the stile a moment, I began to look around. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
And lo, she had come to the stile which endeth the way of girlhood. From Wordnik.com. [Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens] Reference
Arethusa stood on top of the stile a moment or two and surveyed the old. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
He sprang over the stile, and walked erect and haughtily across the ground. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
On the way home she came to a stile; but the piggy wouldn't go over the stile. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
So he rode into the churchyard, tied his horse to the stile, and went up to the stone. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
This they doe sitting astride on a gate or stile the first evening the new moon appears. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Lore] Reference
This startled him, so he crossed the stile as carefully as he could, feeling every step. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Randal stood by the stile and looked on, for among the players he recognized his brother Oliver. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
When she reached the stile, her thought was still far from the matter she had promised to consider. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
She said to him, "Dog, dog, bite pig; piggy won't go over the stile; and I sha'n't get home to-night.". From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
As there was a stile near, leading into a field, they all got over the stile, and thus passed the geese. From Wordnik.com. [The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1] Reference
"We must go on," she said dreamily; and I helped her over the stile, and we walked slowly through the wood. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
Suddenly she bent forward, and looked earnestly at some object, moving toward the stile from the grove beyond. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
On, on she went, over the stile, through the glittering white-robed grove; on, until she reached Hagar's cottage. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
When at last I reached the stile I released her, and she sat down on the stone and looked at me with a half smile. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
Took a walk in the fields: saw an old wood stile taken away from a familiar spot which it had occupied all my life. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
The day she had negotiated the entire fence without once losing her balance, to return in triumph to the stile where. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
Just by the stile sat a girl, who had been gathering dried sticks in the wood, where her father was cutting down trees. From Wordnik.com. [Harry's Ladder to Learning] Reference
Don't you see that stile? and that nice white cottage by that large pool of water, where those children are throwing stones?. From Wordnik.com. [The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies.] Reference
Half way between the stile and the cottage, a form, evidently that of a woman, appeared before him, and coming in his direction. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
From out Hagar's cottage a silent party issued, and took their way across the snow to the little stile just above the terrace walk. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
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